title: Synthesis and integration of Fe-soc-MOF cubes into colloidosomes via a single-step emulsion-based approach.
abstract: Bottom-up fabrication of complex 3D hollow superstructures from nonspherical building blocks (BBs) poses a significant challenge for scientists in materials chemistry and physics. Spherical colloidal silica or polystyrene particles are therefore often integrated as BBs for the preparation of an emerging class of materials, namely colloidosomes (using colloidal particles for Pickering stabilization and fusing them to form a permeable shell). Herein, we describe for the first time a one-step emulsion-based technique that permits the assembly of metal-organic framework (MOF) faceted polyhedral BBs (i.e., cubes instead of spheres) into 3D hollow superstructures (or "colloidosomes"). The shell of each resultant hollow MOF colloidosome is constructed from a monolayer of cubic BBs, whose dimensions can be precisely controlled by varying the amount of emulsifier used in the synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Functional Materials Design, Discovery & Development Research Group (FMD3), Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Maolin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cairns
authors.forename: Yunling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Belmabkhout
authors.forename: Hua Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eddaoudi
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D007501:Iron